JBL, a stalwart in the audio industry, is set to captivate automotive enthusiasts and tech aficionados alike with the . You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It’s an effect that isn’t obnoxious or unsavoury, but complimentary - especially with the evenings drawing in; you can see the dome glow ever so slightly like a timeless valve glass speaker. Walking around the speaker our experience is unchanged and volume levels contain a fiercely stable audio reproduction even at 100%.

Low-end extension remains good at lower SPL, but the upper presence of bass begins to fade in that case. Even at lower volumes the audio has a full range including good bass, depending of course, on the quality of the audio file that you are playing. It has a balanced sound profile out-of-the-box, making it suitable for listening to a variety of music genres, though it can sound alternately dark and bright at times.The Harman Kardon Aura Studio 3 looks nothing like the typical home wireless speaker; in fact if it didn’t have the Harman Kardon label, it would be hard to guess what kind of appliance it is. The lights inside the dome change as you adjust the speaker's volume, and there's some audible feedback once you've reached its maximum volume level.

The Yamaha MusicCast 50 and the Harman/Kardon Aura Studio 3 are similar speakers with different strengths. The device’s distance perception, making voices sound further away, is also a drawback in this situation. And it has an interesting setup behind its 360-degree approach, with 2 mid-high range speakers and one beefy subwoofer. If you would want to use a different interface, such as a computer or tv with some sort of microphone input with this as a speaker, yes it would. Overall the Harman Kardon Studio 3 did a good job with all the spatial audio formatted content we sent it but, of course, this format is far from mainstream.If you come across any other variants of this speaker, let us know in the discussions, and we'll update our review. It can get pretty loud without much compression present at max volume, so your audio sounds mostly clean during louder listening sessions.

Unfortunately, it struggles to reproduce low-bass, so you can't feel the deep thump and rumble in bass-heavy music. At high sound pressure levels (SPL), high-end extension is still missing, but some brightness persists; the treble is only slightly dull. The Harman/Kardon is a wired home speaker that offers a wider and more open-sounding soundstage thanks to its 360-degree design. CES 2024, LAS VEGAS – January 8, 2024 – Today, HARMAN International Industries, the premier connected technologies .The Aura offers a more open and immersive-sounding soundstage and can get louder with less compression present at max volume. It's also better built with an IP67 rating for dust and water resistance, so you can take it outdoors without worrying about it getting wet.